Pharmacology Students' Perception of the Use of Animals Prior to Laboratory Practice

Aims: Technological development in computing and biochemistry has allowed the development of teaching tools that are useful in the teaching-learning process. In this descriptive-inferential work, the perception of Pharmaceutical Biological Chemistry (QFB) degree regarding the use of animals in their laboratory practices was evaluated, taking as a reference the practice of testing drugs with hypoglycemic effect.

Study Design: The design of the study was descriptive inferential.

Place and Duration of Study: The study was realized in FES Zaragoza, UNAM, with Biology Pharmaceutical Chemist student careers between february to may in 2024.

Methodology: In this work, an evaluation instrument was designed and developed and that was validated by expert criteria and that was applied to 132 students prior to carrying out the practice in the laboratory. The applied evaluation instrument contained 3 questions aimed at knowing this perception of the students.

Results: The results present a binomial distribution probability greater than 0.99 in favor of reducing or replacing research animals with computer simulators.

Conclusion: The students consider that is possible to replacement or to reduce the animal research in teaching laboratory.